The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Courtyard fountain with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework and Courtyard Fountain with Lion’s Head – Sketches

01/01/1988

Sketches, Perspective, Elevation

Two sketches on the same page, one being a schematic perspective view of the courtyard fountain with a lion’s head depicting the water spouting element and a grid of diagonally placed pattern suggesting the tile layout. The second sketch depicts the design of the tile pattern with some basic dimensions annotated.

Content of

Construction Innovation 2 Items

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Courtyard fountain with lion's head 1988

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Cast-concrete lion's head on the back wall of the tiled fountain located in the courtyard of the Julian Street Inn.
Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Courtyard fountain with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework 1988

Work of Art for Project, Hand-glazed Tilework

Tilework with diagonal squared pattern with four-petal flower in interchanging green and salmon, cladding the base wall of the fountain.

References

Scientific Research 3 Items

Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties

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Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

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Strong Centers in all Levels of Scale

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Models & Mock-ups 2 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Courtyard fountain with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework; mock-ups for the tiles 01/04/1989

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Full-scale paper mock-up of the final tile pattern used for cladding the base of the courtyard fountain, painted with gouache.
The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Courtyard fountain with lion's head; model for the lion 01/01/1989

Construction Innovation, Model

A full scale gypsum-cast model of a lion’s head for the courtyard fountain.

Photographs 1 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lion's Head and hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework for cladding the courtyard fountain - Photographs 01/01/1990

Construction Innovation, Focus on Details

Photograph of fountain with the hand-glazed tiles cladding the fountain base, and the cast concrete lion’s head.